Hmmm, hang on, that doesn't fit.
Have they actually built the track to the correct plan?

The image on the F1 site looks slightly more accurate and I still reckon that's the pit entry so that would make it turns 18 & 19.
However, that's the bit that goes under the hotel and that's not there so no idea

Hmmm, hang on, that doesn't fit.
Have they actually built the track to the correct plan?

The image on the F1 site looks slightly more accurate and I still reckon that's the pit entry so that would make it turns 18 & 19.
However, that's the bit that goes under the hotel and that's not there so no idea

I think it's Turn 8, and what you see to the right is a service road connecting turns 9 and 21. As for turns 5-7, what the hell is the point in putting a hairpin yards after a chicane? You've just lost a decent braking distance! Oh that's right, overtaking is banned modern F1.

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The 2nd left is the turn to the service road. Follow the darker shading and it curves right. Although the perspective will make it worse, you can see that this service road is narrower than the normal track, and there are no kerbs on the outside here, where you would expect some.
You can also see a slight kink on the straight on the approach to turn 8, which matches the diags.

🦶 Leg end

So that is the pit entrance and start/finish straight, it's just that it looks like it's connected via that service road when it is in fact the other side of the circuit.
I knew I wasn't going completely mad

The more I look at it, the more I think that pit lane exit is just wrong.
It looks to me like cars will be feeding back onto the circuit in a dangerous position.
I can see there being more than a few incidents there.

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i think this circuit has some interesting features but also some silly features, like the already mentioned pit pass thing. probably there is nothing on how to handle this in the rules. the thing that bothers me most, is not so much the circuit but the fact it seems to be pretty close to one great big beach. also known as a desert.

one bit of wind and time to start building sand castles. and it has been known to be windy in that part of the world.

another thing. is this circuit opened all year round or is it just there for f1?